The Stars in the Sky [Love is a Journey- Book 1]

The Transfer Student

~Ok, jemerald129167 , here we are... You get a character! Also, updates are going to be a LOT less common... I'm starting my summer Advanced Language homework (reading four books and writing a three page essay one of them. Yay), and as soon as July hits, I'll be at marching band pretty much all day everyday. Then, the day after band camp ends, it's the first day of school. Basically, I'll have almost no free time from this point on. Anyway... on ON WITH THE STORY!

{Nagisa POV}

I limp into class the next day, the sound of my crutches echoing loudly. Another crappy day, I sigh, making my way to my seat and plopping down. I don't think anything could cheer me up. I put my face in my hands. Yesterday, I had ended up telling KoroSensei everything. The drama, my feelings, Karma's personal war with me, everything. Usually, I wouldn't confide in anyone like that, but KoroSensei has inspired me more than anyone else that I can remember. I found it easy to confess my issues to him. I wish that something would happen to take my mind off of this...

That's when I turn and see that there's an extra desk in the back of the room. Huh? Who's that for? Do we have a new classmate? I turn and face the front, eager for class to start so that I can find out.

As soon as the bell rings, KoroSensei enters the room. Following him is a girl who looks our age. She has black hair about as long as Fuwa's, azure eyes, and stands at about 155 cm tall; shorter than me, but taller than Kayano. She wears our school uniform, but the sweater she wears is huge. It might as well be a dress, if her skirt wasn't a tad bit longer than it. The only weird thing about her- and yes, it's weird- is that she rests a large scythe over her shoulder.

"Hello!" The new girl says cheerfully, doing a little curtsy. "I'm Jemera Eld, but you guys can just call me Jem. Nice to meet you!" She smiles brightly. Since she didn't bow, I'm guessing she's not Japanese. Her accent is kind of odd; her Ls and Rs sound a little fluid... Maybe even switched. That's when I realize- our first lesson from Bitch-Sensei... Also, just the fact that she already wants us to call her by her first name means that Jem's probably American.

"Class, please give Jem a warm welcome!" KoroSensei says, placing a tentacle on the new girl's shoulder. "She's Lovro's niece, so she's been trained in assassination already. She wanted a shot at me, so Lovro's had her transferred here."

I can feel my jaw drop. Lovro's niece? I glance around the room and see that many peoples' reactions are quite similar to my own. But she's so... I can't even finish my thought. Jem's features aren't distorted like Lovro's at all, and she was so happy. But then I start to see similarities. The hair, the sly yet cheerful smile, the gleam of bloodlust in her eyes...

Just as I have that thought, Jem unexpectedly grips her scythe and swings it in a deadly arc, slicing off the tentacle on her shoulder. KoroSensei screeches and flees to the other side of the room, causing all of us to laugh. Obviously, he'd temporarily forgotten the reason Jem was admitted to class 3-E in the first place.

"My trusty scythe is made up of highly condensed Anti-Sensei material," Jem says happily, perching it back on her shoulder. "It can cut anything; human, animal, or even a being of tentacles." She grins at all of us. "This is going to be a fun rest of the school year!"

The entire class laughs along with her. Wow. Jem being here is already brightening my mood by a thousandfold. I think I'd like to find out more about this peppy scythe wielder... And I know just the way.

"Hey, Jem!" I tap her arm as she makes her way to the empty desk at the back of the room. "I'm Nagisa. You wanna sit with my friends and I at lunch?"

Jem grins. "Sure! See you then, Nagi!"

I laugh as Jem skips away. Wow. A nickname two seconds after meeting me? She's sure over-friendly. Maybe even more so than Sugino! I turn to Kayano, who seems to be holding in her own laughter. She'll fit right in, that's for sure. I always thought that it would be weird if our friend group ever changed, but I have a feeling that Jem will make our lives even more fun.

{Third Person POV}-BEFORE LUNCH

"So, do you get the picture?" KoroSensei faced the girl in front of him with confidence.

"Yeah," the girl said, a hand on her hip. "Basically, that Karma kid is screwing up Nagi's life, and only when no one else can see... So you want me to be Nagi's bodyguard."

"Exactly," the Octopus agreed, his face lighting up in the shape of a glowing circle. "Full points, Jem. But you can't let Nagisa-kun know that I sent you. Do you think you can manage?"

"Of course!" Jem chirped, grinning. "Nagi seems like a really cool guy, after all. I think I'd try to help him eventually even if you didn't give me the assignment. Don't worry, KoroSensei; I'll protect Nagi, no matter what."

~jemerald129167 as Jemera Eld, master of the scythe!